Noninvasive ventilation and "do not intubate" [3]

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1855-

  Short, Kathy ^a   Whitnack, Jeff ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b SEQUOIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; ETHICS; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LETTER; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL;

CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESUSCITATION ORDERS;

EID: 33744516855     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000220062.12566.3D     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Schettino G, Altobelli N, Kacmarek RM: Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation reverses acute respiratory failure in select "do-not- intubate" patients. Crit Care Med 2005; 33:1976-1982
2. Levy M, Tanios MA, Nelson D, et al: Outcomes of patients with do-not-intubate orders treated with noninvasive ventilation. Crit Care Med 2004; 32:2002-2007